Alula Alderson is a first-year undergraduate student at Stanford considering a double major in Political Science and Communication. During middle school and high school, she wrote for Scholastic, the Ojai Valley News/Ventura County Sun, and the Ojai Quarterly. She now writes for the Stanford Daily's University section. Alula is passionate about journalism, politics, and environmentalism, and she hopes to one day pursue a career at the intersection of storytelling and social change.
In response to six Palo Alto teen suicides during the 2008-09 school year, the City developed a Suicide Prevention Policy, providing a framework for youth menta... Read more.